Handbook of organic food safety and quality. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: CRC Press Online.
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Julia Cooper, Urs Niggli and Carlo Leifert.
• Other Names: Cooper, Julia, 1963-; Niggli, Urs; Leifert, Carlo; Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (Switzerland); Nafferton Ecological Farming Group.; CRC Press LLC.
• Contents: Introduction / C. Leifert -- History and concepts of food quality and safety in organic food production and processing / U. Niggli -- Nutritional quality of foods / C.J. Seal and K. Brandt -- Quality assurance, inspection and certification of organic foods / B. van Elzakker and J. Neuendorff -- A new food quality concept based on life processes / J. Bloksma, M. Norholt, M. Huber, G-J. van der Burgst and L. van de Vijver -- Food consumers and organic agriculture / E. Oughton and C. Ritson -- Effects of organic and conventional feeding regimes and husbandry methods on the quality of milk and dairy products / R.F. Weller, C.L. Marley and J.M. Moorby -- Effects of organic husbandry methods and feeding regimes on poultry quality / H. Hirt and E. Zeltner -- Quality in organic, low-input and conventional pig production / A. Sundrum -- Organic livestock husbandry methods and the microbiological safety of ruminant produciton systems / F. Deiz-Gonzalez -- Reducing antibiotic use for mastitis treatment in organic dairy production systems / P. Klocke, M. Walkenhorst, and G. Butler -- Reducing anthelmintic use for the control of internal parasites in organic livestock systems / V. Maurer, P. Hördegen and H. Hertzberg. Alternative therapies to reduce enteric bacterial infections and improve the microbiological safety of pig and poultry production systems / B. Biavati, C. Santini, C. Leifert -- Dietary exposure to pesticides from organic and conventional food production systems / C. Benbrook -- Levels and potential healty impacts of nutritionally relevant phytochemicals in organic and conventional food production systems / E.A.S. Rosa, R.N. Bennett and A. Aires -- Improving the quality and shelf life of fruit from organic production systems / F.P. Weibel and T. Alföldi -- Strategies to reduce mycotoxin and fungal alkaloid contamination in organic and conventional cereal production systems / U. Köpke, B. Thiel and S. Elmholt -- Reducing copper-based fungicide use in organic crop production systems / R. Ghorbani and S. Wilcockson -- Pre-harvest strategies to ensure the microbiological safety of fruit and vegetables from manure-based production systems / U. Köpke, J. Krämer and C. Leifert -- Post-harvest strategies to reduce enteric bacteria contamination of vegetable, nut and fruit products / G.S. Johanssen -- Fair trade : a basis for adequate producers' incomes, farm reinvestment and quality and safety focused production / M. Bourlakis and C. Vizard -- Development of quality assurance protocols to prevent GM-contamination of organic crops / R.C. Van Acker, N. McLean and R.C. Martin -- Integration of quality parameters into food safety focused HACCP systems / K. Brandt, L. Lück, U. Kjœrnes, G.S. Wyss, and A. Hartvig Larsen.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla Cambridge, England : CRC Press Woodhead
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 521 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 631.5/84; Organic farming -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Natural foods -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Food -- Safety measures -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Food -- Quality -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Food, Organic -- standards; Food Contamination -- prevention & control; Food Industry -- standards; Safety Management -- methods; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Organic; Food -- Quality; Food -- Safety measures; Natural foods; Organic farming; Lebensmittelqualität; Biologisches Lebensmittel; HACCP; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845693411; 1845693418; 1845690109; 9781845690106
• Related ISBNs: 9780849391545; 0849391547
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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